Volume 78
Public Law 88–548
To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of phosphate on the public domain.
Approved August 31, 1964
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of phosphate on the public domain.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That subsection (c) of section 27 of the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 184), is further amended to read as follows:
(c) No person, association, or corporation shall take, hold, own, or control at one time, whether acquired directly from the Secretary under this Act or otherwise, phosphate leases or permits on an aggregate of more than twenty thousand four hundred and eighty acres in the United States.
Approved August 31, 1964.